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Perth Amboy Pumping Station at 800 State St.

State Street Pumping StationDeadline Looming

Continued on Page 2

Perth Amboy YMCA Hosts

Greater Middlesex Conference Swim Meet Over 500 Swimmers Compete

18 Teams Each in Boy’s & Girl’s Divisions

Photo #1 - The PAHS JROTC

presented the colors. Photo #2

Taking a surface dive to race.

Photo #3 The girl’s competi-

tion begins. Photos by Paul W.

Wang

By: Katherine Massopust

PERTH AMBOY - Perth Am-

boy YMCA CEO and Presi-

dent Steve Jobin is proud

that the Perth Amboy YMCA

hosted the Greater Middle-

sex Conference Swim Meet.

When asked how the Perth

Amboy Y was chosen for this

special event Jobin replies, “It

was a combination of conver-

sations for the last two years.”

John Cathcart, Chairperson

for Middlesex County Swim

Meets stated they made the

decision in late November/

early December 2012 that

Perth Amboy would host the

meet. “In the past we held it

outside of Middlesex County

at Rutgers or Princeton. To

them it was about the money.

We determined that Perth Am-

boy has the best facility for

the meet and it’s in Middlesex

County. It’s a great venue to

send the kids to and its close

to a lot of the schools,” Cath-

cart states.

“Perth Amboy has great

pride and we’ll be happy to do

this in the future. They have

been great. Any questions we

had were answered. You can’t

ask for a better place,” Cath-

cart states.

The Competition is High

School level. The Greater

Middlesex Conference Cham-

pionship Meet consists of pub-

lic and private high schools

located in greater Middlesex

County. Eighteen teams com-

pete although some are send-

ing only their best swimmers.

Over 240 athletes will swim

each night. (The Boys Cham-

pionship was Thursday, Janu-

ary 31st, and the Girls Cham-

pionship was Friday, February

1st. The meet is scored to six-

teen places and the top six in-

dividuals receive medals. The

top team wins the champion-

ship. All the athletes are from

Middlesex County. In the pre-

vious year, St. Joes won in the

Boys Division and Bishop Ahr

won in the Girls Division.

On New Brunswick Av-

enue there is a sign reading,

“Welcome Swimmers.” Jobin

states of the meet, “It’s good

for the City, good for local

businesses and good for our

kids and I’m proud that our

City is a part of it. The amount

of employment this creates is

great. The UEZ/BID is letting

local businesses know about

the meet. We have local High

School and College kids em-

Staten Island Chuck

Phil in Philadelphia and

Chuck in Staten Island saw

no shadows, both agree: We

are in for an early spring!

Happy Groundhog Day!

An Early Spring!Results GMC

Swim Meet

The results of the GMC

Swim Meet are as follows:

Boys:

1 - St. Joseph’s 523 pts.

2 -East Brunswick 358 pts.

3 - Old Bridge 242 pts.

4 - South Brunswick 235 pts.

5 - Metuchen 168 pts.

6 - North Brunswick 148 pts

Perth Amboy placed 14th

with 12 pts.

Girls:

1 - Bishop Ahr 497 pts.

2 - South Brunswick 318 pts.

3 - East Brunswick 285 pts.

4 - Metuchen 195 pts.,

5 - Sayreville 187 pts.,

6 - Old Bridge 179 pts.

PERTH AMBOY - There was

a late starter added to the agen-

da of the January 23rd Council

Meeting. B.A. Greg Fehren-

bach received a communica-

tion from Luis Perez Jimenez.

Jimenez was a former City

Employee of Water/Wastewa-

ter Division. The City entered

into a Public/Private Partner-

ship with Middlesex Water

Co. Jimenez became Director

of Operations for the Utility

Service Afiliates Perth Am-

boy (USA-PA), a subsidiary of

Middlesex Water Co.

Jimenez reports to the B.A.

and Middlesex Water Co. He

is working on a design to see

what changes need to be made

to the pumping station. This is

under the 2012 Water/Waste-

water EPA report under the

CAP Program. Jimenez said

that this was urgent because

there is a March Deadline to

submit this report in order for

the City to be eligible to get

grants to pay for part of this

work. Jimenez’ report will be

free to the City.

The City will borrow from

the Environmental Infrastruc-

ture Trust Fund (EIT). 50%

will be no interest. 20% can be

turned into grants if the City

meets guidelines set by the

Trust. For more information

on guidelines or to see what

funding is availabel to munic-

palities go to the NJEIT web-

site: www.njeit.org

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PAHS Girls Basketball Team To Compete

For Top of Red Division

GMC Swim MeetContinued From Page 1

The PAHS Girls Varsity Basket Ball Team defeated J.P.

Stevens on Saturday, February 2nd at Perth Amboy High

School 79 - 34 *Photos by Katherine Massopust


PERTH AMBOY - The PAHS

Girls Varsity Basketball Team

defeated JP Stevens this past

Saturday, February 2nd. Both

teams got off to an aggres-

sive start with no score in the

irst 2 minutes of the game. After a time out, the Panthers

overpowered the Hawks and

dominated the entire game.

The score was 40 - 12 with the

Panthers on top at halftime.

The inal score was 79 - 34 with the Lady Panthers victo-

rious. Janaysia James was the

tops scorer with 17 points.

The two Co-Head Coaches

of the Lady Panthers are Mike

Manfre and Patrick Ricks and

the Assistant Coach is Leeze-

nia Cruz. “The girls already

won their conference,” Man-

fre states.

The team will play this Thurs-

day, February 7th at Wood-

bridge High School which will

determine if the Panthers will

win the Red Division. “If they

lose, they are tie for the divi-

sion,” Manfre states.

There’s a meeting on Feb-

ruary 8th to determine where

the teams will be seeded. The

Panthers will play in the coun-

ty tournament on Thursday,

February 14th with a TBD op-

ponent. They will also play in

the state tournament on a date

TBD with an opponent TBD.

Previously the Girls Var-

sity Basketball Team have

won the State Championship

in the 2006-2007 season. The

Amboy Guardian wishes the

2012-2013 Girls Varsity Bas-

ketball Team the best in their

upcoming games.

ployed here. The money goes

back into the economy of the

City. Even if it’s a lifeguard

getting an extra ten hours, it’s

good.”

The JROTC presented the

colors and two students from

the Performing Arts Depart-

ment of PAHS sang the nation-

al anthem. “We are making it

personal to our town to high-

light the kids,” Jobin states.

Also included in the open-

ing ceremony is Freeholder

Director Christopher Rafano,

Craig Beardsley (a member of

the 1980 Olympic Team and

world record holder) and the

Jersey Waves Special Olym-

pics Athletes.

“We want to make every ef-

fort that this event is special

for these kids. That’s what we

have to focus on,” Jobin states.


PERTH AMBOY - PAHS

Swim Team Coach Kristen

DeTomoso who also teach-

es physical education at

the Wilenz School is proud

of the High School Swim

Team. “The team has four

wins this year.”

It is the fourth year the team

is in existence. “Our sea-

son starts in November. It’s

tough but we work hard.”

The Swim Team consists

of twelve Seniors this year.

Coach DeTomoso states that

her top swimmers are: El-

liot Pratts who specializes in

Butterly and Breaststroke; Ramon Diaz and Kelby

Payano who both swim ev-

ery stroke. She also states

that Junior Luis Alicea holds

four PAHS school records:

Perth Amboy High School

Swim Team Competes in

GMC Championship

one for backstroke, the 200

Freestyle, 500 Freestlye and

a Relay Record.

Her top female swimmer

is Desiree Adorno who spe-

cializes in Backstroke.

“The team works hard at

both the Conference and

Regular meets. They feel

more competitive now. They

like to win. They’ve got the

will to do well.”

“The YMCA is supporting

us to get swimmers prepared

for the High School Team.

The Elementary Swim

League is doing a lot.”

The team was excited to

compete in the GMC Cham-

pionship Meet held Thurs-

day, January 31st (Boys) and

Friday, February 1st (Girls).


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LOCAL PERSPECTIVETHE COMMUNITY VOICEEDITORIAL

Carolyn Maxwell

Acting Editor, Publisher & Advertising Manager

A Big City Mayor

With a Heart to Match

The Old Soldiers Home *Photo Courtesy of T. F. Clark

Violating

the Fourth

Amendment When are your constitutional

rights violated? This happened

in New York City at one time

when the N.Y.P.D. was stop-

ping and searching the citizens

in New York City. It was a

stop and frisk program called

TAP or the Trespass Afidavit Program. Now, the Stop and

Frisk was done without asking

any questions or any cause.

Some say it was wrong or so-

called unconstitutional by the

N.Y.P.D. So a concerned citi-

zen took this matter to a Fed-

eral Court. It was Ligon vs. the

City of New York. Now what

happened in the courtroom

was a shocker to the N.Y.P.D.

The Judge told the court this

search and frisk was uncon-

stitutional under the Fourth

Amendment. Also that it vio-

lated the people’s civil rights

and the N.Y.P.D. should have

asked questions irst, then de-

velop reasonable suspicion lat-

er. Now as a fact of so-called

concern was this stop-and-

frisk - use-to-get illegal guns

off the streets? But at what

cost to the City of New York in

lawsuits. Yes, New York City

has an illegal gun problem,

but how do you stop it without

violating the Constitution?

Orlando “Wildman” Perez

Perth Amboy

Quick Talk Found this postcard that

my father saved. When I was

a kid we used to walk along

the Penn. Railroad Tracks to

Roosevelt Park. Old Soldiers

Home (As we called it near

the Lake.) Now called N.J.

Veterans Memorial Home

(Note of Interest). One day

we went over to where that

guy is sitting. He was a resi-

dent & former Pro Baseball

Umpire. Our Field was night

next to the Railroad Tracks. In

the hat summers, we played

all over games in the morning.

We needed an Umpire one

morning to our surprise out of

Centerield came this Veteran, a former Ump. He showed

up every morning at 10 a.m.

He was great. We called him

Quick Talk because he called

the balls and strikes so fast.

One morning he did not come.

To this day I’ll always wonder

what happened to him. My

father was a WWI Vet so this

picture has to be in the 1930’s.

Happy New Year! & Take

care.

Thomas Francis Clark

Metuchen

Amboy Guardian

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Former New York Mayor Ed

Koch was not shy about ex-

pressing exactly what was on

his mind. That is the one thing

that people either loved or

hated about him but respected

him for it.

For myself, I loved the way

that Ed Koch who was a stout

Democrat or sometimes as

he would say, “A liberal with

common sense,” did not give

two cents when it came to en-

dorsing political candidates.

He didn’t care what others

thought when he crossed party

lines to endorse a Republican.

On many occasions Republi-

cans crossed political lines to

endorse Koch.

Koch’s thought process was

who he thought would be best

for the people. That is exact-

ly how I vote. That’s why I

haven’t voted in primaries in

the last couple of years. Be-

cause I have voted for individ-

uals in both political parties.

When Koch came into ofice, he cleaned up a big inancial mess and the dark image that

New York had where residents

and large corporations were

moving out in large numbers.

He served three terms and

some people said that it was

the third term where he lost

some of his magic. That third

term was riddled with corrup-

tion but Koch himself was not

corrupt, only some of his ap-

pointed oficials. Koch was very close to the

late Cardinal John O’Connor.

During Koch’s third term he

was so depressed about the

corruption in his administra-

tion that he thought about tak-

ing his own life.

Cardinal John O’Connor

told Mayor Koch that, “The

city needs you.” After hear-

ing O’Connor’s words, the

thoughts of suicide never

crossed his mind again.

Even after he left the May-

or’s ofice, Koch never slowed down. He went to his law of-

ice everyday and he always said to himself that he want-

ed to make every day that he

woke up relevant.

He was an author and had a

top rated radio show. Koch al-

ways seemed invincible, even

after being hospitalized sever-

al times, there was something

about his last hospitalization

that was different.

He had just been released

from the hospital but had to

go back in a few days later and

was immediately put into in-

tensive care.

Koch who was also Jew-

ish made up his mind that

he wanted to be buried in a

nondenominational cemetery

in Manhattan. He wanted to

make sure it would be easy for

people to come and visit him

after his death.

Ed Koch was very unique and

I don’t think they’ll ever be

anyone who will come along

to match him.

So to all of you politicians out

there who are so dedicated to

their party, remember it is not

so much your party that you

should be dedicated to but to

your constituents.

Rest in Peace, Ed Koch. You

deserve it.

C.M.

Arms and

the People A letter on 1-23-13 expressed

the opinion that only the po-

lice and military should carry

a gun. This writer failed to

provide any examples taken

from his personal experience

where this would prevent mass

murders. Wasn’t there a recent

case where a soldier killed

other soldiers? The history of

the 20thcentury had plenty of

examples where armed sol-

diers and a disarmed people

resulted in mass murders. The

only thing worse than doing

nothing is to do the wrong

thing.

Why has there been an es-

calation in the rate of violent

death (suicides and murders)

since the 1970s? “It’s the

economy, stupid” is one expla-

nation. Economic hard times

(as in the 1890s or the 1920s-

1930s) provide examples.

Some people claim that mass

murders are caused by “mental

illness” (a vague phrase). Does

poverty cause “mental ill-

ness”? Note how some recent

mass murders were caused by

those who were not working.

Some of the murderers were

on drugs (like Prozac) or re-

cently used them. Did experi-

menting on children by giving

them drugs (like Ritalin) have

any unforeseen consequences?

Does watching too much TV

create health problems?

Readers of true crime books

and related literature know that

murders are caused by love

or money. This has been true

since Cain slew Abel with his

unregistered assault weapon.

Ronald A. Sobieraj

Perth Amboy

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IN CLIFFWOOD:A&P FOOD MARKET .................................................................... 325 ROUTE 35

IN CLIFFWOOD BEACH:7-ELEVEN.........................................................................................196 ROUTE 35

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LIBERTY BAGEL CAFE..........................................326 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.

METROPOLITAN CAFE .............................................. 747 KING GEORGE’S RD.

PUBLIC LIBRARY............................................................................211 FORD AVE.

ROOSEVELT’S DELI ....................................................684 KING GEORGE’S RD.

SUPER DUPER DELI III .............................................. 650 KING GEORGE’S RD.

IN HOPELAWN:KRAUSZER’S................................................................683 FLORIDA GROVE RD.

SOVEREIGN BANK ................................................... 571 FLORIDA GROVE RD

IN ISELINTHOMAS PLOSKONKA C.P.A......................................................1149 GREEN ST.

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KRAUSZER’S..........................................................................9 LAURENCE PKWY.

IN MORGAN:SOUTHPINE LIQUORS .................................................................467 S. PINE AVE.

IN PARLIN:DAD’S ROYAL BAKERY..................................................3290 WASHINGTON RD.

IN PERTH AMBOY:ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER .................... 178 BARRACKS ST.

ALAMEDA CENTER ............................................................................ 303 ELM ST.

AMBOY CHECK X-CHANGE .........................................................321 MAPLE ST.

AMBOY EYE CAR ...............................................................................94 SMITH ST.

ANITA’S CORNER .........................................................................664 BRACE AVE.

THE BARGE .......................................................................................201 FRONT ST.

C-TOWN .............................................................................................272 MAPLE ST.

CAPITAL ONE BANK ........................................................................ 313 STATE ST.

CEDENO’S PHARMACY ................................................................... 400 STATE ST.

CITY HALL ............................................................................................260 HIGH ST.

COPA DE ORO .................................................................................... 306 SMITH ST.

CRISPY CHICKEN .................................................... 223 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.

EASTSIDE DRY CLEANERS ...............................................................87 SMITH ST.

ELIZABETH CORNER ..................................................................... 175 HALL AVE.

FLOWERS ‘N THINGS .........................................................................69 SMITH ST.

FU LIN ................................................................................................... 79 SMITH ST.

JANKOWSKI COMMUNITY CENTER ................................................ 1 OLIVE ST.

JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDICAL CENTER ......................... 272A HOBART ST.

KIM’S DRY CLEANERS ...................................................................... 73 SMITH ST.

LAUNDRY FACTORY ............................................... 162 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.

LAUNDRY ON MADISON ........................................................285 MADISON AVE.

LAW OFFICES ............................................................................. 708 CARSON AVE.

LEE’S MARKET .................................................................................. 77 SMITH ST.

LUDWIG’S PHARMACY .................................................................75 BRACE AVE.

LUIGI’S RISTORANTE ....................................................................... 93 SMITH ST.

MITRUSKA CHIROPRACTIC ...............................................788 CONVERY BLVD.

PETRA BEST REALTY....................................................................... 329 SMITH ST.

PIZZARELI. PIZZA ....................................................232 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.

POLICE HEADQUARTERS ...................................... 365 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.

PORTUGUESE MANOR ........................................................................ 310 ELM ST.

PROVIDENT BANK ........................................................................... 339 STATE ST.

PUBLIC LIBRARY .....................................................................196 JEFFERSON ST.

PUERTO RICAN ASSOCIATION ........................................................100 FIRST ST.

RARITAN BAY AREA Y.M.C.A. ................................365 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.

RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER ........................530 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.

SALVATION ARMY ....................................................STATE & WASHINGTON ST.

SANTIBANA TRAVEL ....................................................................... 362 STATE ST.

7-ELEVEN .......................................................................................553 SAYRE AVE.

SHOP-RITE .............................................................................365 CONVERY BLVD.

SIPOS BAKERY ................................................................................. 365 SMITH ST.

SOVEREIGN BANK ............................................................. 365 CONVERY BLVD.

SUPERIOR DINER..............................................................................464 SMITH ST.

SUPREMO SUPERMARKET ...............................................................270 KING ST.

TOWN DRUGS & SURGICAL ......................................................... 238 SMITH ST.

UNITECH AUTOBODY ......................................................... 284 BERTRAND AVE.

VIDA CHURCH ............................................................................. 189 FAYETTE ST.

WELLS FARGO .................................................................................. 214 SMITH ST.

YO DELIGHT ................................................................................... 456B SMITH ST.

IN SAYREVILLE:BOROUGH HALL ................................................................................ 167 MAIN ST.

CHINESE DELITE ................................................................................. 59 MAIN ST.

SENIOR CENTER ................................................................................ 423 MAIN ST.

SUNNYSIDE RESTAURANT .............................................................. 111 MAIN ST.

VENICE PIZZERIA .............................................................................. 881 MAIN ST.

IN SEWAREN:MOBY DICK’S ...................................................................................351 WEST AVE.

PUBLIC LIBRARY .............................................................................546 WEST AVE.

SEWAREN CORNER DELI ...............................................................514 WEST AVE.

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BROADWAY BISTRO ................................................................126 N. BROADWAY

CENTER DELI ........................................................................250 N. STEVENS AVE.

CITY HALL .................................................................................140 N. BROADWAY

COLLEEN’S KITCHEN ..................................................................... 132 S. PINE ST.

COMMUNITY CENTER ......................................................... 200 O’LEARY BLVD.

KRAUSZER’S .............................................................................200 N. BROADWAY

KRAUSZER’S ...................................................................717 BORDENTOWN AVE.

MS. LEE’S CUISINE ................................................................... 2087 HIGHWAY 35

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Where to Find Us . . .

Community CalendarPerth Amboy MON. Feb. 11 City Council, Caucus, 4:30 p.m.

City Hall, High St.

WED. Feb. 13 City Council, Regular, 7 p.m.

City Hall, High St.

TUES. Feb. 19 Library Board of Trustees, 5 p.m.

City Hall, High St.

South AmboyWED. Feb. 6 City Council, Business, 6 p.m.

City Hall, N. Broadway

WED. Feb. 20 City Council, Regular, 7 p.m.

City Hall, N. Broadway

Kearny

Cottage OpenPERTH AMBOY - Come visit

the historic home of Commo-

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Cottage is located at 63 Ca-

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open on Mondays and Thurs-

days from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. and

the last Sunday of the month

from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The Ke-

arny Cottage needs your help.

Anyone interested in joining

the Kearny Cottage Historical

Society please contact 732-

293-1090. We are on the web!

www.KearnyCottage.org

Volunteer

Fireighters Needed

PERTH AMBOY - The Perth

Amboy Fire Department: Vol-

unteer Division needs mem-

bers. Accepting men and

women ages 18 years or older.

Volunteers must be a Perth

Amboy resident. For more in-

formation please contact 732-

442-3430.

HIV SupportPERTH AMBOY — Raritan

Bay Medical Center is spon-

soring an HIV support group

meeting on Monday’s at 6 p.m.

Anyone diagnosed with or car-

ing for someone infected with

HIV is welcome to attend.

Meetings are held at the hos-

pital’s Perth Amboy Division,

New Brunswick Avenue.

To register or for more infor-

mation, call (732) 324-5022.

Accepting

RegistrationsPERTH AMBOY - Assump-

tion Catholic School is accept-

ing registrations.

Consider a Catholic Educa-

tion for your child at Assump-

tion Catholic School that next

year will celebrate a milestone

- 50 years of excellence in ed-

ucation!

Our school has an Open

Enrollment Policy accepting

applicants at any time. ACS

summer ofice hours are from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday

through Thursday. We have

openings for the 2012-2013

school year in grades: Pre-K

(age 4), K,1,2,3,4,7 & 8. Visit

us at www.assumptioncatho-

licschool.net or call the school

at 732-826-8721. Our Princi-

pal will give you a tour and

answer any questions.

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732-896-4446


STAY

INFORMED! ATTEND

PUBLIC

MEETINGS


PERTH AMBOY - There was a lecture about the Anguillans

in Perth Amboy at the Perth Amboy YMCA, 357 New Bruns-

wick Ave. in the auditorium on Sunday, Feb. 3rd given by

Lawrence Hogan, PhD, Professor of History, Union County

College. There was a discussion of African-American immi-

gration from the Caribbean island of Anguilla to Perth Amboy

from the turn of the century through the 1930’s, and the estab-

lishment of a black community where so many of America’s

immigrants irst settled. This lecture was made possible by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities’ Horizon Speak-

ers Bureau. The event was sponsored by the Kearny Cottage

Historical Society. Photo #1 Vice-President of the Kearny

Cottage John Solowinski introduces Prof. Hogan. Photo #2

Prof. Hogan gives his lecture.


Kidz Wii ClubSOUTH AMBOY - The Kidz

Wii Club will meet every Fri-

day from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

at the Sadie Pope Dowdell Li-

brary, 100 Harold G. Hoffman

Plaza,South Amboy. For more

info call 732-721-6060.

Exempt Firemen’s

Assoc. to Host

Annual Spaghetti

DinnerAVENEL - The Avenel Ex-

empt Firemen’s Association

is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner

from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sat-

urday, February 16 at the Ave-

nel Fire House, Route 1 and

Avenel Street, Avenel. Cost is

$8 for adults and $5 for kids

under 12. Menu consists of

spaghetti and meatballs din-

ner, salad bar, bread, coffee/

tea and desserts.

Monthly Tour

of Maternity

PavilionPERTH AMBOY - Raritan

Bay Medical Center’s month-

ly tour of its Dr. Sam. Gordon

Berkow Maternity Pavilion

and family health informa-

tion open house will be held

Wednesday, February 13, at 7

p.m. Newly expectant parents

are invited to take the tour

and learn about the mater-

nity unit’s modern comforts

designed to provide a calm

and relaxing birthing experi-

ence. Participants are asked

to meet in the main lobby of

the hospital’s Perth Amboy

location, 530 New Brunswick

Ave. Registration required,

call 1-800-DOCTORS (1-800-

362-8677)

Happy Hour

SessionsPERTH AMBOY - Raritan

Bay Medical Center’s Divi-

sion of Integrative Medicine

is offering Happy Hour ses-

sions twice a month beginning

Wednesdays, February 13 and

27 and continuing through

May, 7 to 8 p.m., at the Raritan

Bay Area YMCA, 365 New

Brunswick Ave., Lower Lev-

el, Perth Amboy. Join Denise

Reisert, EMP/RCP and Robin

Matteo, EMP for an hour of

positivity, transformation, and

connection with like-minded

souls that will leave you feel-

ing more open, uplifted and

lighter of spirit. Each indi-

vidual workshop will be illed with activities and thoughtful

conversation. Cost is $40 per

four classes. For more infor-

mation and to register, call

1-800-DOCTORS (1-800-

362-8677

Focus Group Meeting:

Recreation Improvements Press Release

PERTH AMBOY - The Of-

ice of Recreation, along with the New Jersey Lo-

cal Planning Services, has

been diligently working on

assessing and developing

future plans for the City’s

parks and other recreation

areas.

As a stakeholder and/or an

active resident in the City

of Perth Amboy, you have

been invited to participate

in a Focus Group Meet-

ing to provide insight and a

more diverse approach on

the concerns of our current

parks system as well as the

improvements that need to

be made. The information

received from this Focus

Group meeting will be used

by the New Jersey Local

Planning Services, which

will be analyzed and reined for the development of the

City’s Recreation Plan.

In order for this upcom-

ing project to be successful,

complete participation is not

only needed but essential.

Your input on the topics that

will be presented will be an

integral component to the

overall success of this proj-

ect.

Please join the City of

Perth Amboy for the Focus

Group Meeting on Saturday,

February 9, 2013 at the Al-

exander F. Jankowski Com-

munity Center. Residents in-

terested in attending, please

contact Raquel Gonzalez at:

732-826-1690 ext. 4306 or

rgonzalez@perthamboynj.

org. The meeting will take

place on Saturday, February

9th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at

the Alexander F. Jankowski

Community Center, 1 Olive

Street, Perth Amboy.

PERTH AMBOY - Valerie’s Birthday party at the Barge Res-

taurant was the irst party the Barge hosted after Superstorm Sandy. Over 50 attended. “ First on the shore, First to restore”

Birthday Party at the Barge*Photos by Bobby O.

Press Release

PERTH AMBOY - On Thursday, January 17th, 2013 Six

Perth Amboy Catholic School students were honored as win-

ners in the “Be Smart about Medicine” Creative Expression

Contest. The Coalition for Healthy Communities sponsored

the contest as an initiative of the National Council on Alco-

hol and Drug Dependence of Middlesex County Inc. Middle

school students from across Middlesex County participated

in the third annual art and essay contest, which helps promote

awareness about prescription and over the counter drugs. A

panel of judges reviewed and selected the irst, second and third place winners. The awards were presented by Ms. Linda

Surks of NCADD and Mr. Paul Grzella, General manager/

Editor of The Home News Tribune, Courier News and my-

centraljersey.com.

The winners from Perth Amboy Catholic School were: To-

masz Kasztelan - 8th Grade - 1st Place, Kenny Ortiz - 7th

Grade - 1st Place, Katherine Zevallos - 7th Grade - 2nd

Place, Alyssa Sierra - 6th Grade - 1st Place, Trisha Ponik -

6th Grade - 2nd Place, Kiana Abreu - 6th Grade - 3rd Place.,

The students received Visa Gold Cards: 1st Place $100, 2nd

Place $50 and 3rd Place $25 and recognition certiicates for their efforts.

Shown is a photo of the winners. Pictured (L to R) Kiana

Abreu, Tomasz Kasztelan, Trisha Ponik, Katherine Zevallos,

Alyssa Sierra and Kenny Ortiz. The artwork was sent in by

their art teacher Rose Lavin Pennyfeather.

Be Smart About Medicine: Creative Expression Contest

*Photo Courtesy of Perth Amboy Catholic School

Lecture on the Anguillians in Perth Amboy 2/3/13*Photos by Paul W. Wang


Bishop Visits Our Lady of Peace School*Photos courtesy of Our Lady of Peace School

Act F.A.S.T. When

a Stroke Strikes

GMC Swim Meet - Perth Amboy YMCA 1/31/13 & 2/1/13*Photos by Paul W. Wang

The YMCA parking lot was illed for two days A swimmer competes

Swimmers race to the inish Watching the Meet

Childbirth

Education

Class PERTH AMBOY - Raritan


soring a one day Childbirth

Education class Saturday,

February 16, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The class is designed to help

expectant parents better under-

stand the childbearing process.

A registered nurse with special

training in labor, delivery and

childcare techniques will facil-

itate the class. It will be held at

Raritan Bay Area YMCA, 357

New Brunswick Ave., Lower

Level, Perth Amboy. The fee

for the course is $125 per

couple. Registration required,

call 1-800-DOCTORS (1-800-

362-8677).

Press Release

1/31/13

By: Mirian Medina, RN

PERTH AMBOY - Every year

as part of Raritan Bay Medical

Center’s community outreach

efforts, done in conjunction

with the American Heart As-

sociation’s National Go Red

for Women day (held on the

irst Friday of February), the medical center provides free

blood pressure screenings and

stroke information on “Go

Red” day.

Stroke education is important

because too many women die

or become disabled each year

from stroke and heart disease,

the number four and num-

ber one killers of women. As

proud supporters of the “Go

Red” campaign, we want to

spread the word to women

about living heart healthy, get-

ting regular heart screenings

and identifying stroke.

Stroke symptoms come on

suddenly. When they occur,

it’s important to get medical

help quickly. Fast action can

reduce your chance of death

or serious disability, such as

paralysis. Be prepared by re-

membering FAST. The clot-

busting drug TpA can reduce a

stroke’s after-effects. But TpA

is only effective when ad-

ministered within three hours

of onset of symptoms of the

most common kind of stroke,

so individuals should get to

the hospital quickly. The acro-

nym FAST can be a very help-

ful reminder of how to identify

stroke, remember these tips:

F is for facial drooping. Your

face feels numb or frozen, es-

pecially on one side.

A is for arm weakness, espe-

cially on one side.

S is for speech problems. You

can’t speak or understand

properly.

T is for time to call 911; the faster you get treatment, the

less damage to your brain.

Phone 911 or have someone

call an ambulance for you im-

mediately, even if your symp-

toms disappear. You could be

having a transient ischemic at-

tack (TIA), sometimes called a

mini-stroke. This is a warning

sign that you might have a full

stroke. Treating TIA may help

prevent a stroke in the future.

Also, be aware that women are

more likely than men to re-

port unusual stroke symptoms,

such as sudden nausea or pain

in the face, arm, or leg. For

more information, call 732-

324-4970.

Mirian Medina is Raritan Bay

Medical Center’s stroke center

coordinator. RBMC is a New

Jersey Department of Health

and Senior Services designat-

ed primary stroke center and

a recipient of the 2012 Ameri-

can Heart Association’s Get

with the GuidelinesSM – Sil-

ver Plus Stroke Performance

Achievement Awa

FORDS - On Wednesday, January 30th the students of Our

Lady of Peace School exercised the phrase “pay it forward”

by donating lowers to St. Joseph’s Nursing Home in Wood-

bridge. The lowers were donated to the school the day be-

fore by Jim Walker, owner of Forever Flowers in Fords for

Bishop Booktowski’s visit to the school. Pictured are Robert

Johnson, Alexsandra Ritchey, Angela Fackina, Kevin Barry,

Sabrina Yock,Robert Serrano and Emili Darrow.

FORDS - Bishop Booktowski’s visit to Our Lady of Peace School

in Fords on January 29th. The student body hosted a Geography

Bee for the entire school and Bishop Booktowski called “What in

The World”. Guests included Monsignor Andy Szaroleta the Pastor

of Our Lady of Peace and Mrs. Fran Comiskey, the school Princi-

pal.

Women’s Bible

Study Group PERTH AMBOY - New

Christian women’s bible study

group in private home weekly

on Tuesdays from 11:30 am to

12:30 p.m. Interested in join-

ing, email churchinvitation@

gmail.com

Free Blood

Pressure

ScreeningsWOODBRIDGE - Raritan

Bay Medical Center is of-

fering free blood pressure

screenings Tuesday, February

19, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.,

at the Woodbridge YMCA,

600 Main St., Woodbridge.

High blood pressure is asso-

ciated with stroke, heart fail-

ure, heart attack and other life

threatening conditions. Take

advantage of this free screen-

ing to know your pressure lev-

els and basic steps to regulate

and maintain healthy blood

pressure levels.

Breast Cancer

Support Group

MeetingWOODBRIDGE - Raritan


soring a Breast Cancer Sup-

port Group meeting Thursday,

February 21, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at

the Medical Pavilion at Wood-

bridge, 740 Route 1 North,

Iselin. The support group is

for women currently in treat-

ment or who have completed

breast cancer treatment, to

share experiences and learn

tips to deal with everyday is-

sues. The meeting is facilitated

by Melissa Scholz, RN, BSN,

CBPN-IC and Gayatri Sheth,

PTDPT, CLT. For more in-

formation and to register, call

732-324-5135.


HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Between The Rain Drops

Love comes naturally

It is not forced

It is found.

Like a precious pearl in a clam that is about to be eaten

Chances are a million of inding your soul mateTheir union was a synchronization of kindred spirits

Between rain drops they walk hand in hand

Loving each other in spite of being rejected by their families

Their love growing stronger for each other everyday that passes

Oblivious to the tumultuous storm that has been

Prognosticated for them

Their love has them walking “Between the Rain Drops”

Dioris Luis Arlequin Copyrighted 2011


HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY FEBRUARY 14, 2013

I Love You

Incomprehensibly in love with you

Lost in your enchanted eyes.

Only wanting to be with you.

Vehemently wanting to absorb your essence.

Everywhere I go envisioning your smile.

Yearning to hear your laughter.

Obsessively wanting you more.

Unrelentlessly saying that, I Love You.

“The Poet” Dioris Arlequin


Hurricane Sandy Assistance

Reaches Nearly $800 Million

In New Jersey

SBA Hurricane Sandy Loan

Approvals Surpass $1 Billion As

Congress Makes Additional Funds

Available for Recovery

News Release

January 30, 2013

WASHINGTON – Less

than 90 days after Hurri-

cane Sandy struck, the U.S.

Small Business Adminis-

tration has approved more

than $1.1 billion in disaster

loans to 16,800 residents

and businesses in the feder-

ally declared states affected

by the storm. This milestone

comes as Congress passed

emergency legislation that

will add $799 million to

SBA’s disaster assistance

program budget to help

meet the demand for loans

from Hurricane Sandy and

future disasters.

“Getting money into the

hands of individuals and

businesses in the aftermath

of Hurricane Sandy contin-

ues to be one of our top pri-

orities,” said SBA Adminis-

trator Karen G. Mills. “My

pledge to those affected by

the hurricane is that SBA,

working together with our

local and federal partners,

will help you rebuild. I am

pleased Congress took the

important step of appropri-

ating much-needed funds to

help us keep our promise.”

Here’s how the supple-

mental appropriations will

be used:

• $520 million for disaster loan subsidy costs, which

would support $5 billion in

SBA low-interest disaster

loans to homeowners, rent-

ers, businesses and non-

proit organizations;

• $249 million to cover the administrative costs of SBA

disaster loan making and

servicing;• $20 million to support SBA’s resource partners—

the Small Business Devel-

opment Centers, SCORE,

Women’s and Veterans

Business Development

Centers—as they provide

assistance to businesses re-

building in the aftermath of

Hurricane Sandy;• $10 million for additional administrative expenses,

which include IT security

and inancial management costs related to SBA’s Hur-

ricane Sandy response.

In terms of SBA disaster

lending, Hurricane Sandy

is the third largest disaster

in U.S. history, followed

by Hurricanes Katrina/Rita/

Wilma (Aug./Sept. 2005,

$10.8 billion) and the North-

ridge (CA) earthquake (Jan.

1994, $4 billion). The SBA

currently has a disaster staff

of 2,400 supporting the

Hurricane Sandy response

in seven states (New York,

New Jersey, Connecticut,

Rhode Island, Maryland,

Virginia, North Carolina)

and Puerto Rico, as well as

assisting in recovery efforts

for other disasters nation-

wide.

For more information

about SBA’s disaster loan

program, visit www.sba.

gov/sandy, or call the Disas-

ter Customer Service Center

at 1-800-659-2955.

News Release

January 26, 2013

TRENTON - While New Jer-

sey survivors of Hurricane

Sandy have until March 1

to register with the Federal

Emergency Management

Agency for disaster assistance,

more than

$780 million in disaster as-

sistance has been approved to

speed recovery.

FEMA has approved more

than $300 million in hous-

ing assistance for more than

52,000 people. Housing as-

sistance includes temporary

rental assistance and grants

to repair and replace storm-

damaged primary residences.

More than $42 million has

been approved to help survi-

vors replace hurricane-dam-

aged personal property and to

help meet medical, dental, fu-

neral, transportation and other

serious disaster-related needs

not covered by insurance or

other federal, state and chari-

table aid programs.

In rare cases, FEMA is pro-

viding temporary housing to

Sandy survivors. Empty apart-

ments at Fort Monmouth are

being renovated to house some

survivors. More than 40 apart-

ments are occupied and when

work is complete, there will

be 115 units ranging from one

bedroom to four bedrooms.

FEMA is also installing a lim-

ited number of manufactured

homes at commercial mobile

home parks.

Homeowners and renters are

also being helped with low-

interest disaster loans. The

U.S. Small Business Admin-

istration has approved $277

million in loans to individu-

als. Another $31.7 million has

been approved for New Jersey

businesses.

More than $129 million has

been channeled to state and

local governments to help re-

move hurricane debris and re-

store disaster-damaged roads,

bridges and other infrastruc-

ture. Among the largest grants

was $11.2 million to the Passa-

ic Valley Sewerage Commis-

sion for emergency repairs to

a wastewater treatment plant

that serves 48 communities

and treats 330 million gallons

of sewage daily.

FEMA and federal partners

such as the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers have helped local

communities replace critical

public facilities damaged by

the hurricane. The Sea Bright

Fire Department, for example,

was knocked out of commis-

sion by storm damage. The

Corps set up a temporary ire station with a four-bay ire truck tent and a 56-foot trailer

in a beach access parking lot.

Free Expertise

On ‘Building

Stronger, Safer,

Smarter’ News Release

January 28, 2013

TRENTON - Getting free ad-

vice on how to repair or rebuild

your home to minimize future

disaster damage is as easy as

visiting your local home im-

provement store. Specialists

from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency will of-

fer their expertise on building

techniques that can help pro-

tect your home, business or

other property.

This free service also offers

information and publications

on topics such as:

• Ridding a home of mold and mildew.

• Understanding lood- and wind-resistant building meth-

ods.

• Knowing the beneits of lood insurance.• Elevating or anchoring utili-ties.

FEMA specialists are avail-

able daily from Monday, Jan.

28, to Saturday, Feb. 2, from 8

a.m. to 6 p.m. at the following

home improvement stores:

•Monmouth County—Lowe’s, 2194 State Route 35, Holmdel,

NJ 07733

• Monmouth County—Home Depot, 3540 State Route 66,

Neptune, NJ 07753

• Ocean County – Home De-

pot, 1722 Route 88, Brick, NJ

08724

• Ocean County—Home De-

pot, 1900 Shorrock St., Lake-

wood, NJ 08701

• Ocean County—Home De-

pot, 197 Route 72 West, Ma-

nahawkin, NJ 08050

• Union County—Home De-

pot, 2445 Springield Ave., Vauxhaul, NJ 07088

For additional information,

visit fema.gov/SandyNJ and

click on “Mitigation Resourc-

es.”

Friday Lenten

DinnersPERTH AMBOY - February

15: Breaded Flounder with

mashed potatoes and steamed

vegetables, February 22:

Shrimp Scampi with Linguini,

March 1: Spaghetti with to-

mato sauce, garlic bread and

salad, March 8: Baked Salm-

on Steak with rice and salad,

March 15: Cabbage Noodles,

March 22: Breaded Floun-

der with roasted potatoes and

coleslaw. Dessert, coffee and

tea will be served with each

dinner. The dinners are from

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mag-

yar Reformed Church Center,

Corner of Fayette Street and

Kirkland Place, Perth Amboy.

Cost is $13 per person or 6

dinners for $70 (one dinner for

each week) paid in advance.

Reservations required. No

tickets sold at door. Call: Pat

732-442-0224 or Pam 732-

257-7182.

Edison AARP

Chapter #3446EDISON - Will meet on Mon-

day, February 11 at 1 p.m. The

meeting will take place at the

American Legion Hall located

at 167 Brower Avenue, Edi-

son, NJ. Steel guitarist, Ron

Victoria will appear to enter-

tain us with popular songs.

On February 20 & 21 from

9 a.m. to 12 p.m., a two day

AARP Driver Safety Course

will be held at the Stelton

Community Center on Plain-

ield Avenue in Edison. Driv-

ers must attend both days, and

is free for veterans and their

families. Call Bob at 732-885-

1789 for more information.

A trip to the Brownstone will

take place on March 20. Call

Angie at 732-738-0759 for

more information.

Reservations are being taken

for a trip to Indian Head Re-

sort in New Hampshire on

June 24-28. Call Bob at 732-

885-1789 for details.

Canned food for M.C.F.O.O.D.

and misc. items for veterans,

nursing homes, & hospitals

will be collected at the meet-

ing

Stamping

Thru History:

Black History

Month CelebrationPERTH AMBOY - The City

of Perth Amboy in partnership

with the U.S. Postal Service

invites you to Stamping Thru

History: Black Month Cele-

bration on Thursday, February

21 at 10:30 a.m. at the Alexan-

der F. Jankowski Community

Center, 1 Olive St., Perth Am-

boy. There will be an exhibit

by Clarence McKnight, Philat-

ely Specialist: A Celebration

of African American Heritage

and Unveiling of the Rosa

Parks Stamp. For more info

call 732-826-1690 ext. 4307.

This event is free and open to

the public.

Call for Special

Valentine’s Day Rates

Carolyn: 732-896-4446Katherine: 732-261-2610

Joe: 732-277-1993

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732-896-4446


Dog MissingPERTH AMBOY - On Sat

January 18th approximately

20 Alaskan Klee Kai own-

ers and friends, along with

their dogs, will be driving

from across the region (VA,

DC, MD, PA...) to help in

the search for Aya, a 1.5 year

old female Alaskan Klee Kai.

These owners, for the most

part, are only connected by

the common love for the Alas-

kan Klee Kai Breed.

While here owner was vis-

iting the area, Aya escaped

a fenced backyard and has

been missing since January

12. There have been several

sightings, with the last being

near RT 35 leading into Perth

Amboy. Aya is microchipped

and was wearing her proper

identiication collar. So often throughout history,

animals have saved the lives

of humans. Here is a story of

people wanting and willing to

drive, give up their time and

help in the hunt for this dog.

More information can be

found at: Danny (Dog Owner)

267-970-4745, Patty (Breed-

er of Aya) 443-254-4635

or at www.facebook.com/

HelpAyaHome

Sayreville

Auxiliary

Police Looking

for New MembersSAYREVILLE/SOUTH AM-

BOY - Attention Sayreville /

South Amboy Residents: The

Sayreville Auxiliary Police are

seeking new members to join

its volunteer force. Interested

applicants must be 18 years

of age or older, be able to pass

a criminal background check

and possess a valid New Jer-

sey driver\’s license. Interest-

ed applicants can download an

application from: www.sayre-

villepoliceaux.org, or send

a letter of interest to: Sayre-

ville Police Department, Attn:

Auxiliary Police, 1000 Main

St., Sayreville, NJ 08872. In-

clude your full legal name,

address, phone number and a

brief summary about yourself.

Thank you.

Summer

Employment

OpportunitySAYREVILLE - Applications

are being accepted from Janu-

ary 2, 2013 thru February 28,

2013 for Summer Camp Park

Counselors. Applicants must

be 15 by the start of the Sum-

mer Program to qualify. Please

return all applications to the

Recreation Ofice by February 28, 2013. No applications will

be accepted after this date.

Broadway

Show TripWOODBRIDGE - The Wood-

bridge Township Recreation

Department will be holding a

trip to the Hit Musical Mary

Poppins. Takes stage at the

New Amsterdam Theater in

New York, on Tuesday, Febru-

ary 26. Bus leaves the Wood-

bridge Community Center at

4 p.m. SHARP! Ticket price

$65. Price includes show, bus

fare and a complimentary $5

voucher to use in the gift shop.

For more info call 732-596-

4048. Payment must be re-

ceived to reserve tickets. Tick-

ets are non-refundable once

payment is made.

Dance For

Your HeartPERTH AMBOY - There will

be a Valentine’s Day Dance

sponsored by the City of Perth

Amboy: Department of Hu-

man Services Ofice on Aging in collaboration with Health-

First and the American Heart

Association. Thursday, Febru-

ary 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Alexan-

der F. Jankowski Center, 1 Ol-

ive St., Perth Amboy. PLEASE

WEAR RED!!!! Please call to

register in advance, 732-826-

1690 Ext. 4307.

Shrove Tuesday

Potato Pancake

and Sausage

SupperPERTH AMBOY - Dessert,

coffee and tea served with

supper. Take-outs available.

The dinner will be Tuesday,

February 12 from 5 p.m. to 7

p.m. a the Magyar Reformed

Church Center, Corner of Fay-

ette Street and Kirkland Place,

Perth Amboy. Cost is $8 per

person. Reservations request-

ed. Call: Pat 732-442-0224 or

Pam 732-257-7182.

Tot Time &

StorytimeSOUTH AMBOY - There

will be Tot Time - (Ages 0-2)

on Mondays at 10:15 a.m.

and Storytime (Ages 3-5) on

Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. at the

Sadie Pope Dowdell Library,

100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza

South Amboy. For more info

call 732-721-6060.

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Zumba ClassPERTH AMBOY - Here is

what you have been wait-

ing for... We have started a

brand new Zumba class ev-

ery Monday at 7 p.m. and will

be taught by one of the best

Zumba instructors in our area.

So, we invite you and all your

friends to come work-out with

us every Monday night. There

is no better way to start of the

week than burning some calo-

ries, losing weight and elimi-

nating stress while having

fun! Admission: $5 per per-

son. Address: 189 Fayette St.,

Perth Amboy (Entrance by the

Administration building). For

questions call: (732) 709-0129

Friends of the

Perth Amboy

Free Public

Library MeetingPERTH AMBOY - The

Friends of the Perth Amboy

Free Public Library will be

meeting on Wednesday, Feb-

ruary 20 at 7 p.m. at the Ke-

arny Cottage, 63 Catalpa Ave.,

Perth Amboy. Discussed will

be library renovations, plans

for a new website and future

plans for the library. Everyone

is welcome to attend. For more

info call 732-293-1090.

YMCA Flag

Football

League Starts

in MarchPress Release

SOUTH AMBOY - The

YMCA of Metuchen, Edison,

Woodbridge & South Amboy

are teaming up with the NFL

for the irst Association Wide Flag Football League. Teams

will be made at each YMCA

Branch and given an NFL

team name. Games will be

played on Sunday afternoons

at rotating ields in the com-

munity. The League is open to

boys and girls ages 8-12 and

will go from March 3 to May

19.

Children in the South Am-

boy and Sayreville communi-

ties are encouraged to sign up

for the South Amboy Branch

Team! Registration is now

open at www.ymcaofmewsa.

org or at the South Amboy Y’s

Welcome Desk. Players that

register early will receive a

reversible NFL jersey. The 12

week program is $44 for Full

Facility Members and $66 for

Program Members.

For more information, please

contact Mike Manfre at mike.

[email protected] or

732-316-8208.

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We Keep You

MovingPERTH AMBOY - The Hu-

man Motion Institute at Rari-

tan Bay Medical Center is

sponsoring a free “We Keep

You Moving” Total Joint Re-

placement Education session

Friday February 22, 9 a.m. to

12 p.m., at the medical cen-

ter’s Perth Amboy location,

530 New Brunswick Ave. Ses-

sion will be presented by clini-

cal specialists. Registration re-

quired, call 732-535-4746.

Free Blood

Pressure

ScreeningsSOUTH AMBOY - Raritan

Bay Medical Center is offer-

ing free blood pressure screen-

ings Tuesday, February 26, 10

a.m. to 12 noon, at the South

Amboy YMCA, 200 John T.

O’Leary Blvd. High blood

pressure is associated with

stroke, heart failure, heart at-

tack and other life threatening

conditions. Take advantage of

this free screening to know

your pressure levels and basic

steps to regulate and maintain

healthy blood pressure levels.


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Senior Scene

HappeningsPerth Amboy

WED. Feb. 6 Simpson Seniors, 10 a.m.,

Williamson Hall, High St.

• Holy Rosary Seniors, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium, Florida Grove Rd.

• St. Stephen’s Seniors, 1 p.m., Cafeteria, State St. • Holy Trinity Seniors, 1 p.m., Church Hall, Lawrie & Johnstone St

THURS. Feb. 7 The Cathedral International Seniors, 9:30 a.m.,

Family Life Center, Madison Ave.

MON. Feb. 11 St. James Golden Girls, 10 a.m.,

Fellowship Hall, Commerce St.

TUES. Feb. 12 Holy Spirit Seniors, 12:30 p.m.,

Church Hall, Brace Ave.

• Market Square Seniors, 1 p.m., Presbyterian Center, Market St.

WED. Feb. 13 Simpson Seniors, 10 a.m.,

Williamson Hall, High St.

• Holy Rosary Seniors, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium, Florida Grove Rd.

• St. Stephen’s Seniors, 1 p.m., Cafeteria, State St.South Amboy

WED. Feb. 13 South Amboy Seniors, noon,

Senior Center, S. Stevens Ave.

MON. Mar. 4 St. Mary’s Seniors, noon,

Senior Center, S. Stevens Ave.

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PERTH AMBOY - American Legion circa 1940’s. American Legion Building with members in front of it

Celebrating a holiday. *Photo courtesy of Paul W. Wang & Ray

This Photo was restored under a grant for the Kearny Cottage Archiving project by the Middlesex Cul-

tural and Heritage Commission

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Story Time

with EmilySEWAREN Mark your cal-

endars for Fall 2012 - Spring

2013 Children ages 3- 7 and

their accompanying adult can

enjoy a story, crafts, games,

snack, and so much more on

the second Saturday of ev-

ery month at 11 a.m. at the

Sewaren Free Public Library,

546 West Ave. in Sewaren.

Our Story Time sessions will

be held on: February 9th and

March 9th. Sign up is required

for each month. Stop by or

call the library at 732-634-

7571. This FREE event and

all Sewaren Library activities

and usage is open to families

of all towns, not just Sewaren

Monthly

Book ClubSEWAREN - There will be

a monthly book club at the

Sewaren Library, 546 West

Ave, Sewaren. For more info

call 732-634-7571 or email

[email protected].

We are looking for adults to

join a book club starting in

November. Please ill out the attached form if you are inter-

ested in joining us. Day and

time will be determined by

interest. The irst Book will be Defending Jacob by William

Landay.

Atlantic City

TripHOPELAWN - Bus trip to

Trump Plaza sponsored by

Hopelawn V.F.W. Ladies Aux-

iliary every second Tuesday of

every month. Bus leaves Ho-

pelawn at 12:30 p.m., arrives

at Trump Plaza between 2 p.m.

& 2:30 p.m. Bus leaves Trump

Plaza at 8:30 p.m. Arrives

home approximately 10 p.m.

For more info call Yolanda at

732-826-1595

Public Service

AnnouncementPERTH AMBOY - The City

has recently experienced a

rash of burglaries, 13 of which

occurred during the daytime.

One of the tactics being used

is where the suspect rings or

knocks on the front door and

if it is answered by the home

owner the suspect will ask

random questions in an at-

tempt to divert the owner’s

attention so that the burglary

can be committed.

We are requesting that any

citizens that notice strang-

ers around their homes, their

neighbors’ homes, or their

area to please call the police

so we may follow up.

The department is address-

ing this matter and is request-

ing your assistance.

Contact Information:

Lt Phil Terranova, Support

Services,732-442-4400, pter-

[email protected]

Picnic Park

Rental

RequestsSAYREVILLE - Beginning

January 2, 2013 requests will

be accepted at the Recreation

Ofice for picnic park rent-als at Burkes, Jackson & Bai-

ley Parks. The ofice is open Monday thru Friday from 8:30

p.m. to 3:45 p.m. More info at

www.sayreville.com. Picnics

are on a irst come, irst served basis and take about 4 weeks

to get approvals. Please sub-

mit all paperwork to the Rec-

reation Ofice on time. Picnics are rain or shine - no rain dates.

Picnic grounds are available

from April to September.

Blood DrivePARLIN - Our Lady of Vic-

tory Knights of Columbus

is holding a blood drive on

Sunday March 3rd from 8:30

a.m. to 1:30 pm. The K of C

is located at 775 Washington

Road, directly across from

the Parlin post ofice. If you have any questions, please call

the council home at 732-257-

2061.


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lic Library and The Kearny Cottage Historical Society have

teamed up to create Historical Calendars with never before

seen photos of Historic Perth Amboy. Calendars are $10 each

and are available at the Raritan Bay Coffee Company at the

Historic Train Station, Perth Amboy City Hall, High Street,

Fertigs Dept. Store, 195 New Brunswick Ave, and the Reo

Diner, Woodbridge. For more info call 732-293-1090.

Scholarship

GalaNEW BRUNSWICK - There

will be a Scholarship Gala,

New Brunswick Lights Shining

Bright on Saturday, March 2 at

the Hyatt Regency Hotel, New

Brunswick. Mayor James Ca-

hill ‘72, Robert Wood Johnson

University Hospital, and New

Brunswick Tomorrow will be

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Colombian

Club Fitness

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an Club Fitness Classes, Mon-

days: Booty Camp 7:20 p.m.

- 8:20 p.m., Light weights and

mat required, Tuesdays: Yoga

6:30 p.m. -7:20 p.m. Mat re-

quired, Thursdays: Zumba

Fitness 7:20 p.m.- 8:20 p.m.

Mat required. Price: $60 for

8 classes. Part of the proceeds

beneit the Colombian Club Council No. 426. Location:

Knights of Columbus council

No. 426, 308 Fourth Street,

South Amboy. If you have

questions or for registration

information please email zum-

[email protected] or

call Denise 732-525-9536.

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Heart” informational event

Saturday, February 9, 1 p.m.

to 5 p.m., at the Woodbridge

Mall, 250 Woodbridge Center

Drive, Woodbridge.


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Congratulations

to Maurice “Moe”

Day for being the

#1 Agent for the

Month of

January

PERTH AMBOY - Great investment property, desirable

area near Waterfront area. (5) apts. fully rented. 3-3 bed-

room apts. & 2-1 bedrooms apts. Close to shops and pub-

lic transportation. Seller to obtain C/O. This is not a short

sale. $445,000

PERTH AMBOY - Nice multi family with many up-

grades. Close to public transportation, couple of blocks

from the train station. $399,900

PERTH AMBOY - Home is a short sale. Buyer is resp. for

all inspection issues and C/O. There is a 2nd lien that has

to be satisied. 1st lien offering 2nd lien $3000, still have -$5500 is the difference from amount of $8500 in which

2nd lien will approve release of property. Previous short

sale was approved at $55,000. $55,000

PERTH AMBOY - Well kept property by family for gen-

erations. Come and see this nice house where only one

family proudly occupied. This is an estate sale. Sold “as

is” no questions asked. Buyer resp. for any repair, C/O and

Smoke Cert. Show and bring offers. Seller willing to nego-

tiate. Fully insolated attic. $189,900

PERTH AMBOY - Great looking Colonial, 3 bdrm close

to hospital, eik and formal dining room, large living room,

ready for a big family. House is being sold in “as is” condi-

tion. $169,900

PERTH AMBOY - Great starter home. “Move-in” condi-

tion. Great location a block from high school. Buyer is

resp. for C/O, Termite Cert and all repairs is being sold in

strictly “AS IS” condition. $99,000

PERTH AMBOY - Location! Location! “Move-in” condi-tion. This 2 family will captivate you as soon as you see how charming it is. Features 3 bdrms, living room, dining room, kitchen and 1.5 bath on 1st lr. & 1 bedroom, bath, living room and kitchen on 2nd lr. rented for $850 mo to mo. $230,000

PERTH AMBOY - Property is in good condition.

All utilities are separate including water. $229,000

WOODBRIDGE PROPER - Well maintained split-lev-

el 4 brs, 1.5 bath, beautiful kitchen, nice lr. plan, close to public transportation. $279,000

MAURICE “MOE” DAY

Realtor/AssociateA Proud Member of

the Better

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